I put Eibach pro springs in my 92 firebird this weekend and I want to get an alignment, problem is there is only 1 shop that will do it. I called the local mieneke and midas's and none of them will touch a lowered car. This alignment specialist shop wants $100 to do the alignment.

Does anyone have specs that I can give another shop and just tell them to do it to these specs? I don't see why the ride hieght would affect it to the point where they couldn't do it. Besides that, this alignment specialist shop is one of those places thats very disorganized. They told me to drop the car off at 7:30 and they "may or may not get to it today".. I don't like to drive 20 miles and have the car sit for a whole day only to repeat the process all over again if they can't do it before 5..

Any help would be appreciated..

 

You should just make an appointment at any reputable shop, and not tell them about your 1" drop. Usually the only problem you run into is correcting the negative camber from a car that is dropped too low. But with only a 1" drop, there should be no problem, and I hardly think the shop would notice, unless there was a camaro enthusiast working there. Alignments are $40 in my area, I cant seem them being much more in yours.

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1989 IROC-Z 5.7L
NOS 5151 150HP kit
ProBuilt 700R4, PI Vigilante 2800 stall lockup
Baer Brakes 12" Sport System

 

Stay away from the big franchise shops like the ones you're talking about,they're too corporate & too concerned about working on modified cars & getting sued, etc. Stick w/ the local garages (these guys tend to not care what's been done to the car & will try to do a better job b/c they don't have a big company name behind them), preferably one w/ a lower alignment rack (so you don't bottom out) or an old school one w/out the rack. The guy I deal with doesn't even use the rack for lowered cars & my alignment is awesome! Good luck w/ it!

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'91 Z28 1LE; 355, Sportsman II heads, Edelbrock TPI w/ 58mm TB, Tremec TKO 5-speed, 3.73's & much, much more

 

whn i installed lowering springs and kyb sturts/ shocks and new stur mounts i had the local midus do it . i just didnt tell them that the car had been lowered. i just told them what i replaced but not that it lowered the car.

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91 camaro RS
- 305 TBI
Mods: Performer TBI intake, 1" TBI spacer, K+N, jet fan switch ,160 thermo,Accel control module, Jet Stage 2 chip, edelbrock TES headers, Compleate 3" Flowmaster exhaust, Edelbrock springs, KYB struts and shocks, 700R4 built by TSI, SLP tq converter, b+m trans cooler, white guage faces, megashifter..
next month: spohn LCA's and panhard rod, BMR relocation brackets, 323 gear, lt1 cam , 350 heads